Profile For James

Just went through this. Went in for physical and dot, got the shy bladder and waited a solid 2 1/2 hours pacing the lobby since you can't leave while trying to test XD

Howdy all. Just something on my mind but how does every do their meal prep (if at all).

TL:DR posted on here a long time ago about getting into trucking and while i never followed through with it I did go into hot shot driving for about a year and a half. In that time I put on 30 pounds. Fast forward a handful of years and I'm looking to get into trucking again now that I sold almost everything I own (what will include the house in a few months) and one thing i def don't want to do again is throw on a bunch of weight. Figured I would ask to see what everyone else does to help combat the truck driver gut. I already cut pop out along with keeping a eye on sugar intake but I feel like if I don't really prep food in advance then maintaining (or possibly losing weight) is going to be impossible. Assumed the best time to ask is now while I wait on the house sale.

Side note: anyone driving for Jim palmer? I'm going to go through their cdl program (if accepted) and start my career there.

Howdy there. First off I want to thank the site and everyone on it for all the information so far. If this site had not existed, gathering any kind of information would be a nightmare... at least good information that I could use. I been a lurker for roughly a year and half. Started looking into OTR for a while but due to the age requirement and work experience, I decided to hold off pursuing it till later on.

Fast forward to the present and I have every requirement to get my self into a company sponsored CDL A training program.... Well everything but a decent 3 years of work... I have been improving this as the time goes on but, I only got 2 years of verifiable work. I spent a year working at a road course and have no way to verify it. Is the three year work experience a hard barrier getting into the trucking industry or can it be somewhat circumvented by having a ready CDL permit and/or going to a private CDL school, or should I just suck it up for another year at my current job.

Another question... I noticed some people who tend to be out for sometime will take a reset and treat that as a day off. But, then I'l see someone that will do anything within there power to not take a reset. I understand different people have different goals. But, from a company stand point are rests something frowned on and should be avoided?